Question about intercooler

[Chaosweaver]

Hey guys, I was teaching the wife how to drive a manual tranny car, needless to say she got up onto a curb and my old front mount now has a huge leak, same with some of the piping on the drivers side. Since I'm on a budget because of a new born I ordered this 2.5" FMIC Intercooler Kit+BOV Eclipse Lancer Galant : eBay Motors (item 110424183372 end time Apr-10-10 19:57:57 PDT) off of ebay. I know there will be fitment issues (hopefully not way too many since now some of the piping I had is shot to hell).

Has anyone ever bought or installed one of these intercoolers?

 

[DSM nOOb]

thats a universal kit you bought. you are going to have to cut and fit those pipes yourself. it is not bolt on

 

[SFrymyah]

Been there done that. You're going to hate life when you start cutting up intercooler pipes.

 

[crazyquik22023]

Been there done that. You're going to hate life when you start cutting up intercooler pipes.

ya i can see it being a pain to cut all of the pipes, but i just recently cut new lower IC pipes and it was extremely simple. I do though have direct fit upper pipes which would prob be the hardest to do... But good luck

 

[Chaosweaver]

Ty guys. I'm hoping for the best, I thought up a few things that I could do to route the pipes. Hopefully they are easy to bend without breaking, specially since I don't have a pipe bender and dont currently have access to one. Luckily I have a few pipes left over from the old IC and those of that black silicone piping that came stock with the car, hopefully that helps a bit. Also I'm hoping the the silicone couplers at Autozone hold if I do indeed need to get some. So many things to go through, but since its my DD it needs to be done.

 

[DSM nOOb]

those pipes wont bend

 

[Chaosweaver]

So I guess it will be cutting all the way... I'll make it work, even if it takes me a while to figure out. I just gotta make sure I measure correctly before I cut anything.

I received the intercooler today (4 days of shipping... Not bad at all) and I have to say it looks like its of good quality. I wont know for sure until I install it and all, but I'm hoping for the best.